The action comes a day after state officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports.
Daniel Kool
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Daniel Kool is the Portland Press Herald's cost of living reporter, covering wages, bills and the infrastructure that drives them — from roads, to the state's electric grid to the global supply chains connecting Maine and the rest of the world. He joined the Press Herald in 2024 as the night reporter. A graduate of Boston University, he previously covered city news, transportation and higher education for the Boston Globe. His work has also appeared in GBH News, the Boston Globe Magazine and Boston University's student newspaper, where he was the city news editor. A midwestern transplant, Daniel lives in Biddeford, where he plays with keyboards and little noise-making boxes.
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Wet weekend ahead, with snow forecast for most of Maine
A mix of rain and snow starting overnight Friday and carrying into Saturday will leave roads slick and snowy by morning, according to the National Weather Service.
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Falmouth Spur reopens after tractor trailer topples, blocks westbound lanes
The westbound side of the highway was closed for nearly 7 hours Friday after the driver lost control of the truck on the Exit 11 ramp after he left I-295 southbound.
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Halle Berry testifies before Maine Legislature to support menopause education
‘I’m in menopause, and I had no idea,’ the actress told the Health and Human Services Committee. ‘None of my doctors ever talked to me about it.’
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FBI agents visit Boothbay transfer station
The bureau says it was not a raid and that agents were ‘conducting routine law enforcement activity.’
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State police investigating South Portland death
City officers found a man dead inside a Mussey Street home during a wellness check Wednesday afternoon.
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Rep. Golden, House Democrats call for defense secretary to testify about attack leak
Secretary Pete Hegseth and several other Trump administration officials have been under fire since the revelation that they accidentally shared war plans in a group chat that included a reporter.
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Fire displaces guests at Budget Inn in South Portland
No injuries were reported, but the blaze caused by a faulty electrical system displaced all those who were staying at the motel.
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Lebanon man killed in Virginia motorcycle crash
Police and emergency crews were called to a single-vehicle crash on a rural road northwest of Charlottesville at around 1:40 a.m. Sunday, local officials said.
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Nearly a dozen departments battle Mechanic Falls house fire
It was not clear Tuesday night whether anyone was in the home at the time of the blaze, or what may have caused it.